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In the famous Greek tragedy “Medea,” Euripides employs dark imagery consummately to portray Medea’s spiral into madness, her hatred for Jason, and plans of revenge. Euripides employs mainly visual, kinetic, and kinesthetic imagery to portray the deep despair that spreads like disease through the cast of characters. ... ” Medea asks for compassion by stating that “even on the harsh face of a granite mountain some flowers of mercy may grow in season. ... ” Moreover, character’s emotions are reflected through the imagery of nature. Medea calls out to the sky, “I hope for thunder: let the sky rage: my gifts will shine the brighter.” In every situation, Euripides employs nature imagery to give the reader a sense of the gravity of emotion by relating fear or passion to an understandable occurrence in nature.
Euripides employs a variety of animal imagery to present primal drives similar to those underlying Medea’s actions, and give concrete clues of her plans of revenge.
Approximate Word count = 707
Approximate Pages = 2.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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